Top 25 Lara Flynn Boyle Quotes

And I don’t believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don’t.

But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He’s just the real deal. I’m captivated by him because there’s so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.

Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She’s a very hard worker.

I love talking about myself.

I remember doing the sex scene in Red Rock West. I had to kiss Nic Cage and then look like I was going down on him. And he couldn’t do anything – he just had to lie there.

Oh, I don’t talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share.

Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.

I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it’s just an idea.

I love fast cars… and to go too fast in them.

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

Sometimes when you’re just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.

I’ve had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.

I had never watched a law show prior to being cast on The Practice.

I love children and I love men, but I can’t commit to either for the rest of my life.

I love receiving fan mail.

I’m afraid of the dark, so I have a lot of night-lights.

I had such a great mom and I know that I’d never be that mom. I wouldn’t want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.

It is a great compliment to go out and be recognized. Although, because I basically go home and go to work, there isn’t much opportunity for that kind of thing to happen.

I’ve dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.

As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.

I don’t have a problem with my body. I don’t diet, and I’m not hiding anything. I’m not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.

You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don’t get it.